Craig Biggio: ‘Disappointed to come that close’

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Craig Biggio, who fell two votes shy of making the Hall-of-Fame didn’t meet with the media on Wednesday but issued this statement through the Astros:

“Congratulations to Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas. Obviously, I’m disappointed to come that close. I feel for my family, the organization and the fans. Hopefully, next year.”

Astros president Reid Ryan also issued this statement on Biggio and Jeff Bagwell, who received 54.3 percent of the vote:

“On the positive side, it is encouraging that Craig appears to be on his way to eventual induction. The other two players that came as close as he did (Nellie Fox, Pie Traynor) eventually were inducted. It was also encouraging that on a crowded ballot with several strong candidates this year, Craig increased his vote total by six percent. The Astros and our fans know that Craig deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, and it is good to know that 74.8% of the Baseball Writers agree. We’re hopefull it will happen in 2015. We also feel Jeff Bagwell is worthy of the Hall of Fame and are hopeful that his day will come in the near future as well.”